All collocates are single-word collocates. In cases such as in terms of, byy means of, etc., each of the collocates is listed separately.
The most frequent form of a given collocate lemma may be an inflected form, not the head word form as listed (e.g. long as a collocate of no almost always appears as longer in the corpus).
In general, proper nouns were not included in the dictionary, either as node words or collocates. However, a few highly salient proper noun collocates were included for certain node words (e.g. Iraq as a collocate of invade; China as a collocate of export).
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Frequency index
Format of entries
Rank frequency (1, 2, 3, ...), lemma, part of speech Collocates
Raw frequency | dispersion (0.00-1.00), (indication of register variation: Spoken, Fiction, Magazines, Newspapers, Academic)
Note that the collocates are grouped by part of speech and ordered by frequency (most frequent first). The [ · ] symbol indicates pre/post placement with regards to the headword.
the a
of first, year, most, ·world, over, ·same, day, end, between, ·United States, next, during^
20431716 | 0.99
be v
there, if, many, ·able, long, always, likely, since, never, sure, often, ·available, ·aware, afraid
14338665 | 0.99
and c
her, their, other, up, between^, ·then, both, back, over, year, down, off, family, friend
9893569 | 0.99
of i
out^, because^ fronts, instead^, terms^, way, topv aheadv outside^, favor^, place, charge^, light, spite^
9585500 | 0.97
a a
·lot, ·few, while, month, ·single, ·minute, ·chance, ·bit, ·series, hour, ·variety, ·huge, ·dozen, mile
8159297 | 0.99
in i
which, year, new, way, place, ·world, life, school, country, case, ·area, city, ·United States, ·fact
6475319 | 0.98
to t
in, want^, try^, backv need^, able^, leadv return^ allowv enoughs, continue, listen^, closev refer^
5842936 | 0.99
have v
noun ·trouble, ·knack, ·qualm, ·repercussion, ·recourse, ·inkling, misgiving, ·foresight misc already, ·been, ·done, ·shown, ·begun, ·seen
4557421 | 0.98
to i
in, want^, try^, backv need^, able^, leadv return^ allowv enoughs, continue, listen^, closev refer^
3561680 | 0.99
it p
thinks, so, because, ·seem, even, hard, ·easy, ·clear, whether^ ·difficult, ·possible, sound, worth, ·impossible
3585308 | 0.97
I p
·think, know, like, ·mean, ·believe, love, guess, sure, myself, ·remember, sorry, ·wonder, wish, afraid
3655790 | 0.94 S F
that c
fack, believe^, suggests, indicate^, argue^, realize^, note^, clear^, evidence^, ensure^, awarev notion^, stuff, ·correct
1. Animals
Note that several of these animals are also the mascot for sports teams or have figurative meaning (e.g. pig, mole), which would increase their overall frequency, and most of these are marked with parentheses in the following list.
[Top 80] dog n 49897, fish n 41277, bird 35610, horse 30042, chicken 23955, cat 20463, (bear) n ,9930, fox „303, turkey 15445, wolf 14452, deer 11259, (duck) n 11003, (tiger) 102^ cow 9755, mouse 9697, (eagle) 9395, snake 9387, lion 9260, rat 8115, (pig) 8048, (buffalo) 7678, cattle 7536, (hawk) n 7587, whale 6750, sheep 6172, bee 6Ш, shark 6035, rabbit 5927, monkey 5611, elephant 5562, goat 5330, worm n 5112, crab 4873, butterfly 4869, turtle 4667, crow n 4398, oyster 4328, frog 4304, goose n 4137, spider 4122, mosquito 4010, elk 3925, dolphin 3913, ant 3904, coyote 3850, lobster 3784, owl 3657, (falcon) 3626, mule 3111, (panther) 2972, (penguin) 2923, dove n 2906, squirrel 2832, camel 2825, (raven) 2673, (beetle) 2612, hog n 2298, moose 2231, pigeon 2225, ape 2203, pony 2194, swan 2059, donkey 1920, beaver 1895, (mole) 1860, gorilla 1694, alligator 1588, hare 1502, parrot 1456, crocodile 1426, bison 1327, leopard 1286, toad 1266, sparrow 1252, antelope 1168, quail 1122, oxm7, raccoon 1092, gull 1068, heron 1057